n.
Pronunciation: ' v ə r-b ə - ˌ li-z ə m
Function: noun
Date: 1787
1 a : a verbal expression : TERM b : PHRASING , WORDING
2 : words used as if they were more important than the realities they represent <the emancipation of science from verbalism ― G. A. L. Sarton>
3 a : a wordy expression of little meaning b : VERBOSITY